States of Mind: Those Who Go 1911

Umberto Boccioni made "States of Mind: Those Who Go" with oil on canvas, and it feels like a headlong rush into the future. The blue-grey palette conveys a sense of industrial melancholy, like steam and steel merging with human emotion. It's all about process, how you capture the feeling of movement and change on a static surface. The texture is so interesting, those hatched lines create a sense of vibration, like everything is trembling with energy. Looking closely at those diagonal marks, they build a mood that’s both chaotic and strangely ordered. The way the figures seem to dissolve into the background, speaks to the Futurists' fascination with speed, and how it transforms our perception of reality. You could say Boccioni was in conversation with artists like Marcel Duchamp, who were also exploring movement and time in painting. Ultimately, "States of Mind" invites us to embrace the beauty of ambiguity, to find meaning in the flux of modern life.